Harpe

1. Harpe, Castel de
   Harp Castle, Herpe

   This may have been a castle of King Bagdemagus, since Lancelot and Meliagrant's stepsister joined her father here. Vulgate VII has the Damoiselle á La Harpe (below), a sister or cousin of Helaes de la Forest Perilleuse. This suggests a location in or near the Forest Perilous.

   Helaes de la Forest Perilleuse may well be Malory's Hellawes, the sorceress of Castle Nigramous.

   
   

2. Harpe, Damoisele á la

   She took Oriolz the Dane (Oriel de Sorionde) to heal him. She was either a sister or a cousin of Helaes de la Forest Perilleuse.

   The name suggests she may have been castelaine of the Castle de la Harpe.